A small and belated September update for 2024, where I am still, after many years' membership, on 365 Project, also now posting elsewhere but wanting...
"Have no idea how to sex a spider...." probably just as well, I mean, how intimate do you want to get with a spider? I'd be more concerned with, "does it bite"?
I always like the diversity of views on here: I like spiders and surely it's only snakes (or dogs) who bite?! Thank you for comments!
At first I was going to send a link to info about brown recluse spiders but then realized that they are in the US so I searched out a more geographically appropriate, scary page.
Females are typically larger (6mm) than males (4mm) - according to Wikipedia
Thank you so much for that - it's definitely a green orb spider, only one so cannot compare it but suspect it's a male, so small!
Joanne, I'll be very wary in future - especially if I find one with those bright yellow patches on it!
But I sometimes have trouble with the spelling!